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all right! >> all right! >> go team orange! go team orange! >> hello, everybody! hey, smoky. back off, smoky. it is october 1st, and it is moonshine monday! >> here's the thing. here's the thing. we heard a rumor -- >> yes. >> -- that this was a dry campus. is it? >> but we came anyway. >> we came anyway. here's to you guys and your sweet tea. >> yes, your sweet tea. [ cheers and applause ] >> wow, we've been here only about 12 hours, and i don't feel -- i've never experienced such kykykykyk amazing. >> i've got it tell you, there were people who were camped out

here last night. there were people who came at the crack of dawn. >> which means people from the streets of new york. >> college kids. we've seen lots of little babies. we've seen the older crowd, the moms. >> we had some geriatrics with us, too. whoo! >> we want to thank the band -- the band here is off the hook. i had no idea how good your band was. the cheerleaders. >> the cheerleaders, everybody. >> the pep band, everybody. all right. so we want you guys to know -- we want you guys to realize that it wasn't easy to get this. >> no. >> you guys were up against a bunch of finalists. you guys beat syracuse university. [ cheers and applause ] you guys beat ohio state university. [ cheers and applause ] you guys beat brandeis university.

[ cheers and applause ] you guys beat the university of south florida. [ cheers and applause ] and you guys beat creighton university! [ cheers and applause ] >> those are all great schools, but you guys actually got active and went and voted like you should in november. >> let me tell you something. we've never felt this much love, but there was somebody among you -- >> everyone was so welcoming. >> except one. one among you has not been so welcoming, and i think you guys know who he is. he is your coach, eric dooley. you want to know what coach derek dooley said about kathie lee? why don't we take a listen. >> kathie lee and hoda are coming to visit campus. >> they are? >> bringing the whole "today" show to this campus. what does that mean to you? >> well, i'd probably be more excited if frank gifford was coming to campus, not kathie lee

gifford. i'm sure my wife is excited. >> well, well, well. >> he's forgiven. he's the one that wears the orange pants. >> he wears the orange pants. all right. for those of you who are not familiar with this wonderful campus, we're going to tell you a little bit about it. we are in an area called the hill. >> yes. >> there are more than 21,000 undergrads who go to ut, and most of them are here today. >> yes. the vols is short for volunteers because way back in during a war, your governor was asked to show up with 1,500 volunteers, and 30,000 of you showed up. that's team spirit. >> yes, no kidding. and i'm not sure the rest of the nation is aware of this, but the song of this university is -- ♪ good old rocky top ♪ rocky top tennessee

>> i like that. i'm going to say that at home. i'm going to see if frank will go, "whoo!" >> check out our jerseys. guess what number kathie lee is wearing. >> frank gifford's, but it is also peyton manning! >> and -- and guess who i'm wearing? justin hunter! >> you know what i love about these outfits? >> tell me. >> no need for spanx! >> yes. we love it. all right. sara, you guys know sara haines who's been hanging with the crowd. she's out in the crowd. she's going to get them all revved up. sara's also been watching -- there have been a lot of great signs. we have been watching your signs. you guys took a lot of time to make beautiful signs. >> you sure did. >> we are going to look at them. we are going to judge them. and the winner is going to get a present. >> a kathie lee cd?

>> no, hopefully something else. it's been a long time since we've been to college. but there's lingo that you guys use. and we don't know if this is true lingo. our researchers found it, so maybe it's not. we don't even know. >> fo sho. >> is that one? do people say that? raise your hand if you've ever said "fo sho." >> i'm just getting used to dirty bit. >> how about this? do you guys ever use legit? thank you, joanne. i'm just checking. >> hella cool. >> or just hella. >> what the hella does that mean? >> no, nobody likes hella. >> i wasn't fond of it. >> how about i'm down? >> i'm down with that. >> not with that, just down. so the only two ones that were right were -- >> what? >> fo sho. not like that. >> and legit. >> and legit. the other ones, not so great. okay. so when we went to college-- >> when we went to college, we

dressed a little differently. i was at oral roberts university praising jesus, great school, praising jesus, yes, i was. >> there's the pictures. >> that's what i would have been wearing. hoda, in what year -- >> i was there from '82 to '86. i went to virginia tech. >> big difference between us, hoda actually graduated. >> i'm a little nervous. we're going to play this game called are you smarter than a college student? >> we'll tell you right now, no, we're not. i couldn't even do my kid's math after fourth grade. it's really sad. >> i hear there are going to be some tri delts playing against us. >> no, the other one. >> that's ki o. so listen. if you guys want to know what was hip back when we were in school, it's just sort of sad. these are the kinds of things that we had.

we had a sony old-fashioned walkman. >> walkman. >> what about -- do you have the phone on yours? >> yes, somewhere. oh, look at this. this is how we communicated, with a rotary phone. they're very cool. >> a typewriter. >> this is how we typed. >> back in the day. >> our backs broke carrying textbooks around. and you don't remember white-out because you just delete everything. is this at all fascinating? >> no, it's boring. here's the thing. you guys can do everything you want on one little device. this iphone. you could do everything that we've done with that whole table. hold on. i want to take a picture. smile. oh, yeah. i can't pay attention. insane. >> and then again, you could just live in complete ignorance like i do and have your flip phone! i love it. by the way, when all all your iphones and blackberrys and

things crash, you are more than welcome to borrow my little phone which never crashes. >> so we're going to play a little game. we're going to see how much you guys know about us, okay? sara? this is called -- what is it, who knew? >> it's who knew? >> all right, go, girl. >> first up we've got carol. i've got a question. you know how this goes, right? okay. how did kathie lee and hoda meet? "a," over drinks? "b," at college? "c," shoe shopping? or "d," at a zumba class? >> over drinks. >> give the woman a prize. >> we knew she was going to get this. she's like our number one fan. >> thank you, sweetie. >> what is the name of kathie lee's smallest dog? "a," chardonnay? "b," hoda? >> that's rude. >> i didn't pick these. "c," bruno, or "d," bambino? >> bambino. >> yes. >> $100 gift card. >> bambino. >> are you ready for this?

this one might be a little tricky, but i think you've got this. what's your name? >> donna. >> okay, donna. what size shoe does hoda wear? >> careful! >> "a," 6, "b," 7 1/2? "c," 9 1/2? or "d," 12? >> careful, girl. >> 9 1/2. >> yea! okay. where's my volleyball people? where did he go? oh, come back here. come back here. okay, our next question is -- oh, what is the name of kathie lee's musical premiere this fall? "a," happy hour, "b," the life and trials of kathie lee and hoda, c, the life and trials of regis and kathy, or "d"? >> "d." >> thank you, you guys. >> all right, you guys. sara, thank you, honey. >> later on we'll figure out who wins. >> we're going to do it right now. people worked very hard at making their signs, and we have four finalists. we want you to show your signs

to the camera. let's look and we're going to examine. this one i hate. >> diane. >> but i love you so much! >> allegedly. >> that's brilliant. >> let's get a shot of it so we can see. that's hideous. let's move on down here. >> oh, my goodness, i'm so excited, i'm on tv! >> fourth hour fun. finest. >> you could market that, right? >> wacky, white wine, good one. >> nice, nice. >> let's move down to the tooth fairy. >> the tooth fairy. >> show us your sign. then and now. >> oral hygiene, take a picture of me later, you win a 100 bucks if you go to facebook, guys. >> uh-oh. uh-oh. uh-oh. >> okay. >> this one says "show all your vol spirit." isn't that cute? what's your name? >> alex. >> at least i'm not wearing

depends. i appreciate that. >> powwow. we have to pick the winner, right? okay. she picked it. i'm protesting. go. >> the hair, diane! oh, look. and you know what you get? you get a pile of kathie lee cds. >> and $100. >> and $100. you guys, we have a big show. chip moore is going to be talking and performing. ♪ [ male announcer ] the inventors of twix had a falling out,

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best-selling country debut of 2012. and a little later in the show, you guys, he's going to perform for us "something about a little truck," sold more than 1 million copies. >> hi. >> it's been a humbling experience for me. it's been amazing. >> you were born with a guitar and a dream. you like to surf. you did that for a while and then all of a sudden got serious about your dream, huh? >> i did. i did the bar band scene in georgia for years before i ended up moving to tennessee. when i was living in hawaii was i figured out i wasn't going to be happy unless i was doing music. >> do you guys forgive him, though, that he's from georgia? >> a lot of these girls are asking one question of kip, the question is is kip moore single? and the answer is? >> right now it's all about music for me, so that's it. >> uh-huh. >> i don't have time right now, you know what i mean? >> if you were looking, what would she look like? >> that changes with the day.

>> oh, he's one of them. >> i don't have a certain type. you know what i mean? >> just female. >> what does it feel like to be up there with people like nicki minaj, adele to be in the top ten when you first heard the news about that, what did you think? >> like i said, you know, you write these songs in the dark. you hope that they get out. but then when they finally actually do, and it's like thousands and millions have the album, it's a humbling thing the way people have perceived me. i'm blessed. >> we have a little surprise for you. >> when you made it platinum, there is something that comes with it. and it is -- >> ooh! >> let's show it to everybody. [ cheers and applause ] >> "something about a truck." we'll look forward to that. >> stay with us. >> ambush makeovers. ♪ follow the wings.

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♪ these days are forever and live in the hearts ♪ ♪ viva la company ♪ viva la viva l'amour ♪ viva la viva l'amour ♪ viva la viva l'amour ♪ viva la company ♪ viva la viva l'amour ♪ viva la viva l'amour ♪ viva la viva l'amour ♪ viva la company ♪ viva la viva l'amour ♪ viva la viva l'amour ♪ viva la viva l'amour ♪ viva la company [ applause ] >> awesome, guys. >> we are back here on the heart of the campus of beautiful a cappella group called five newsymphony. you guys are outstanding. >> hoda and i, we are old and we

have no intention of ever going back to college, but we sent sara back, right? >> it's been a while even for me, but a girl's go to do what a girl's got to do. i spent some time again living life up with college kids here on campus. ♪ >> we're at morrell hall. and i'm ready to get my team of volunteers. aka u.t. students. i'm hoping they're all awake. if not, mama alarm clock is here. curtis, look who came to see you! okay, are you ready for our big day? >> um, yes. >> this is too tempting not to wake up at least one more person. >> you're late! >> good morning to you. good morning to you. happy day. hey, good morning. so i found my team of ut

volunteers. >> i'm taylor. >> i'm kristin. >> i'm curtis. >> i'm laura. >> i'm christina. >> are you guys ready? >> yeah. >> let's do it. you guys, this is so much fun! tennessee! i love this tour. wait, we can't walk on the field. >> why? >> there's a legend about it. if you walk on it, you won't graduate in four years. >> you're not graduating! there was a time when i played volleyball. this is one stop i insisted they take me to. hi, guys! >> hi! >> welcome to tennessee. >> i'm legit. i've even got a t-shirt. are you guys ready to play? go easy on me a little bit. i'm a little rusty. >> play, play, play! ♪ >> yeah! whoo! >> what's the story here? this looks like a mess. >> the rock is like the only legal place you can do graffiti on campus. >> i have this great idea. let me just tell you about it real quick.

♪ oh, my gosh! ♪ oh, my gosh! it's kathie lee and hoda! yea! as if that needed any explanation. >> hi, sara! >> look at my sign. i got a shout-out. i'm going to let them know. >> this is huge! one, two, three, ut! so this is the goalpost tavern. >> this is definitely the place to be on away game days. it's where everyone goes. >> which is why we're here. >> all right. you ready? >> let's go!

>> wait, wait, wait. you've got to change. you can't go in without wearing orange. go ahead. all right. y'all ready? >> thank you so much. >> i said it's great to be a tennessee volunteer! it's great to be a tennessee vol! >> you do feel young when you're back here, don't you? >> you do. we had a lot of fun. hey, guys. we'll be back. >> kip moore's going to sing. and some tailgating.

♪ ♪ let's go ut we are having a ball here at the university of tennessee-knoxville. we have a very special guest present. >> it's funny, when this woman stepped up on our stage, the entire crowd exploded. and her name is pat summitt! >> best female coach ever in

history. >> it is a treat to have you, pat. we're so glad you're here with us. >> i'm glad to be here. >> as you know, she stepped down last year. i know you can't hear us, but we're glad you came to see us, and we just love having you. so thank you. >> thank y'all for being here. this is awesome. >> all right, gang. >> our makeover team here not to do over any students because y'all are perfect. >> we thought maybe a few professors could use a little handiwork. how did you guys feel about tracking down the teachers? >> we found two rock star professors. these ladies, they're great. you can tell the students love them. and i think they were picked by the students. and they are just perfect makeovers. >> first up, miss tracy copeland, she's turning 48 on wednesday.

>> she's been teacher theater at ut for the past seven years. her entire wardrobe consists of dress-up sweats or dress-down sweats. and she wants to update her look. let's take a listen. >> i know we're very excited! why do you want this for her? >> because she's an amazing teacher. she's a wonderful mother of two young babies. she spends so much time in the theater, 12 hours. i know i was with her. and it's just amazing. and i want the world to see how beautiful she is. >> oh, how nice is that to hear? >> that is so sweet. it's so wonderful. >> so is this the ultimate 48th birthday gift? >> absolutely! >> oh, my gosh, this is exciting. tracy is here with her husband, james. james, can you wave so we can see you? and her daughters, brooklyn and alex. you guys wave, too. all right, guys, please keep

your blindfolds on until i ask you to take them off. here is tracy copeland before. all right, tracy. let's see the new you! ♪ ♪ let's go girls [ cheers and applause ] >> take off your blindfolds. take them off, sara. tracy, are you ready to see yourself? spin right around behind you. >> oh, my god! >> tracy, you look good. look right at that guy. louis, tell us about the hair. >> obviously, i lightened her hair. this very soft natural color that flatters her complexion. and today bridgette gave her this great haircut, simple, beautiful, easy to maintain whether curly or straight, by the way. >> james, what are you thinking? >> awesome. >> yes! yes! >> in leather. >> every guy likes a little leather, right? >> that's right.

>> we liked shopping at talbot's. it was so lovely here in knoxville. and then this great white button-up shirt. the graduates are doing a performance for friday night. now she has her outfit. >> a big round of applause for tracy! [ cheers and applause ] >> our second lady is deb. she's 55 years old. she's been a professor of pediatrics at the college of nursing for the past five years. she has piles of unused gift cards on her counter because she never chooses to do anything for herself. she was thrilled to be pampered for a change. and let's listen to her story. >> so it's the doctor's turn for a whole new look. i know you really want this for her. tell me why. >> we think she's a great professor. she definitely deserves this and just overall we're excited for her. it's definitely a great opportunity. >> how about this? i know you're still in shock. >> yes, i am, as a matter of fact. but this is such a great opportunity. i'm looking forward to it. i'm in my mid-50s, so having a

makeover, whether it's ambush or not, is a welcome change. and so it will be cool. >> all right. she's here with her husband, peter. erica, katherine, paul and son-in-law drew. and some other people. we have no idea who they are. but anyway, let's take one last he new deb! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> all right all right, you guys. deb, you want to take a look? >> yes. ah! oh, my word! oh! >> you look good. >> louis. >> the best fashion beauty

accessory you have is your smile. they light up rooms. this is, again, haircut, give her simple hair. it's very chic. very stylish. you're beautiful. >> what do y'all think? >> we've been married 25 years. she's beautiful every day. but wow! >> wow! >> you look so great. >> thanks. >> somebody might get lucky today. >> the outfit is from talbot's. her daughters and i had a consultation before. they said her skirts are always high-waisted. >> let's bring tracy back out. we're going to answer a question coming up next. are we smarter than a college student? and the answer is -- >> does anybody question that? >> no.

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♪ everybody, we're getting ready to play "are you smarter than a college student?" a shout-out to the fans. guys, it is pouring rain. they are out in it. we want to give a shout-out to the fans. so the game is it's us versus team tennessee. you're going down. >> and we have the lovely britney notta who is going to be our moderator. on the other team is senior laura brooks, marketing major, senior avery howard, majoring in architectural natural resources. >> whatever that is. >> last but not least, student government president -- wow --

adam rotti who is studying political science. >> all right. are you ready? >> question one. >> yes. >> which of the following is not a college mascot? "a," the fighting pickle? "b" -- >> keep going. keep going. >> banana slug, the leafy sea dragons or the trolls? >> go. >> the leafy thing. >> the leafy sea dragon. university of georgia school of the arts. while the trolls are from trinity college. question two. in the climactic scene in the film "rudy," what football team is notre dame playing when rudy finally gets in the game? university of southern california? georgia tech? university of michigan? or "d," university of tennessee? >> get it right.

>> come on, you're on your own. >> michigan. >> not university of michigan. what do you think? >> georgia tech? >> georgia tech. okay. next question. listen up. on the periodic table of elements, the symbols "k" and "h" each stand for what? is it -- >> oh, oh! >> tennessee. >> natural resources. >> helium, carbon and mercury, potassium and hydrogen or krypton and hydrogen? >> potassium and hydrogen. >> it's potassium and hydrogen. all right. next question. >> cheater! >> next question. the university of tennessee was first founded as blunt college in 1794. >> it was. >> but which college is the oldest college in the united states? is it "a," harvard? "b," college of william & mary? "c," princeton? or "d," brown university? >> we are going with -- princeton! >> not princeton.

what do you think? >> william & mary. >> it's not william & mary. it's harvard. >> they missed it, too. >> the author attended the university of tennessee -- >> this is the last question and the tiebreaker. >> and the tiebreaker. you'd better get this. his novel "the road" follows a father and son as they do what, head to the super bowl? flee a post-apocalyptic event, drop the son off at college or start a willie nelson tribute band? >> be careful. >> post-apocalyptic event. >> all right. congratulations! and you each win a $100 visa gift card. ♪ >> all right.

stay with us, everybody. congratulations. good morning. we have your look at the first week of october. soggy weather in the east. we have a system pushing through, cooling temperatures off and bringing a threat of severe weather. still in that transition season. october, november. thunderstorms are off in the forecast. so keep that in mind. back into the ohio valley with much-needed rain here across many states in drought. soggy weather down into florida. the rest of the country looking very quiet. with the exception of some kind kicking up in the enter mountain west. 80 in billings later today.

dramatic change in temperatures once the cold front comes through, numbers will drop 30 to 40 degrees and the white on the map, that's snow across the higher elevations of western montana. so here comes that cold canadian air. down to 44 in billings by wednesday. 78 in minneapolis. you'll get much colder as we get into the second half of the week here. temperatures coming down to 51 for the high in minneapolis. a little snow expected across the northern part of the state. meanwhile, we'll be clearing out here in the east by late week. looking good in new york city. 79 in atlanta. chicago from 73 on thursday to cooler weather for you on friday. once that cold front shifts into the ohio valley, we're down to 59 in chicago. still looking at a few showers across the higher elevations there across the west and we have more rain in the forecast saturday for some of those college games from the northeast to the ohio valley and again on sunday, lingering here in the

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shout-out to hoda and kathie lee! shout-out to hoda and kathie lee. from tennessee. shout-out to hoda and katie lee. >> you're looking at very talented steppers. ut has historically black fraternities and sororities, and that looks like my kind of party. another way to have fun here is tailgating. >> we have found the perfect hosts whose rocky top grillers association was awarded tennessee's tailgater of the year award. >> stop it. how come? >> because we're the best. >> you guys don't mess around. this is isn't hamburgers and hot

dogs. tell us what you made. >> this is corn dip. >> what's in it? tell us. >> corn and miracle whip, sour cream and cheese. >> oh, my god. uh-oh, you can't have that. >> great diet. >> it's going to be a long trip home, if you know what i mean. >> uh-oh. >> then we have sausage bundles with homemade apple butter. these are sausage pinwheels, and these are sausage bundles. >> what's the difference? >> these just are sausage biscuits, and these have cream cheese wrapped in them. >> chicken. what's going on with that? how do you make a chicken orange >> a little catalina dressing. >> oh! >> you don't need a fork. >> oh, my god. >> no forks. forks are formalities. >> that is so tender. this looks wrong, just wrong. >> what is it? >> seven layer dip. >> what are the layers? >> well, it's bean dip, guacamole, sour cream, olives,

cheese, some salsa. >> got my name on it. >> how about the burgers? what makes your burgers unique? >> nothing really. they're just regular old hamburgers. >> sorry. but then we have jalapeno poppers. >> is there anything without cream cheese? >> it's a staple. >> what are these? >> those are pretzels wrapped in white chocolate. >> that you can have. >> with orange sprinkles. >> who's with us? who's the whole gang? >> this is our crew. >> your crew? >> this is my family and our crew that comes out every week. >> the rocky top grillers association. >> thank you guys so much. >> it's all delicious. coming up, kip moore is going to sing a great song for us, "something about a truck." first, this is "today" on nbc. 2@

>> announcer: the "toyota concert series on today" brought to you by toyota. >> i toast all of you. >> country star kip moore released his debut album barely six months ago. >> and we're not leaving until he sings it for us! kip moore! ♪ ♪ something about a truck in a farmer's field ♪

♪ a no trespass sign and got time to kill ♪ ♪ nobody's gonna get hurt ♪ tell me what's the big deal ♪ there's something about a truck in a farmer's field ♪ ♪ something about beer sitting on ice ♪ ♪ after a long hard day makes it taste just right ♪ ♪ on that dropped tailgate on a summer night ♪ ♪ something about beer sitting on ice ♪ ♪ something about a girl in a red sundress ♪ ♪ with an ice cold beer pressed against her lips ♪ ♪ in that farmer's field will make a boy a mess ♪

♪ something about a girl in a red sundress ♪ ♪ there's something about a kiss that's gonna lead to more ♪ ♪ on that dropped tailgate back behind the corn ♪ ♪ the most natural thing you've ever felt before ♪ ♪ there's something about a kiss that's gonna lead to more ♪ ♪ there's something about a truck in a field ♪ ♪ and a girl in a red sundress ♪ with an ice cold beer to her lips ♪ ♪ begging for another kiss ♪ there's something about you and me and the birds and the bees ♪ ♪ and lord have mercy it's a beautiful thing ♪ ♪ ain't nothing about it luck ♪ something about a truck ♪ something about a creek around 2 a.m. ♪ ♪ after a few of those beers you wanna dive on in ♪ ♪ you don't need no clothes just

hang 'em on a limb ♪ ♪ there's something about a creek around 2 a.m. ♪ ♪ there's something about a truck in a field ♪ ♪ and a girl in a red sundress with an ice cold beer to her lips ♪ ♪ begging for another kiss ♪ there's something about you and me and the birds and the bees ♪ ♪ and lord have mercy it's a beautiful thing ♪ ♪ ain't nothing about it luck ♪ something about a truck ♪ ain't nothing about it luck ♪ there's something about a truck ♪ what's going on with you? what's going on with you? you, too! you, too! oh! oh!